Beater



' June 3, 1930. scHLElcl-ER BEATER Filed Feb. 24, 1950 ATTORN EY Patented June l3, 193e UNITED ISTATES l-AfrENT-v OFFICE GEORGE SCHLEICHEE, or. NEW Yonx, N. Y`.`

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Application; nea rebrilary 24, 1930. Aserial Nu. 430,827.

A further object of the invention, more specilically, is to provide a beater utilizing an electric motor and ao form of planetary gearing, whereby the beaters or stirring membersmay be grouped so that certain members will move in a circle and others will rotate i\situ. a v

In` the accompanying drawing,

1Fi`gure/1 is a side view of a beater disclosingan embodiment of the invention; Figure 2 is. a fragmentary vertical sectional viewqthrough part of the 'structure shown in Figure 1, said view illustrating the essential parts ofthe invention ;V

Figure 3 is a sectional view through Figure 2 yon the line 3-3;

`embodying certain features of the'inventiom;

' Figure 5 is a bot@ plan view of the struc'- ture shown in Figure 1 but with the stirring f -members illustrated in lFigure 4 applied Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates an electric motor of any desired kind, as kforV instance, one `of the motors now on the market lprovided with the usual starting button 2 which controls a switch turning on and off the current, the

. same being old and well-known. In order to connect 1n a desired and eilicient manner cer:-v

vvtain moving parts to the motor, .a l sleeve 3V has been provided, said sleeve being connected i to the -casingofmotor 1 in any desired mani ner, `as for instance, .byrivets or screws 4, The sleeve 3 is provided with an annular ange 5 to which the c'asing is connected by suitable screws 7 O ne of thescrews 7 ex;

object of the invention is to providef -Figure 4 is a group of stirring members.

tends through. part of thev handle 8 -for'securing the handle toiange 5. A n extension -9 of handle 8 is secured by screw 10 to the casing of motor 1, whereby the entire apparatus may be moved about through the useof handle 8.

The vcasing 6 is in the. form of an .inverted cup-shaped structure preferablyl formed of metal andalso preferably provided with `a number of hollow lugs 11. j In the drawing there'is illustrated three lugs 1'1, and in. each 60 lug there kis vprovided a stub shaft 12 preferably held in place by set screw 13. `On each stub shaft 12 ismounted a gear 14,'and these gears, as shown in Figure 3, all continually mesh with an internal rack 15 rigidly secured G5 a in any desired manner to the plate 16. The plate 16 has an upstanding flange 4117 which telescopes to a positionv within the casing 6, asl shown in Figure 2. Plate 16 is provided with two hollow lugs 18 and 19 and a box 20 70 having an aperture extending therethrough, whereby the shaft 21 may extend through the box 20, through the drivinggcar 22, through an aperture inthe casing 6 and through the collar 23. The upper end of the shaft 21 is provided with a reduced portion 24, as shown,

in Figure v2, and said reduced portion is'v adapted to fit into the notch or opening 25 of the clutch member 26 rigidlyysecured to the y armature 27 by any s uitablemeans, as for in- 80 stance; set screw 28. At the lower end of shaft'21 there is mounted a sleeve 29', said.y

sleeve being^held in place by suitable'pi 30 extending throughthe sleeve and through the shaft 21. Thisstructure providesa socket 852 for the standard 31 of the'central beater 32. The standard 31 may be clamped in place by lany suitable means,'as for instance,"set screw 33. Standards 34 and'35 fit into the sockets formed in the boxes 18 and 19, and these 9)` .standards are clam ed in placel by suitable nset screws 36 and' 3 At the lower end the standards 3 4 and 35 are provided'with beaters or beating members 38 and 39, asshown inv Figu l shaft 21 by suitable set screw 40, whereby it acts as a support for holding the plate 16 and the parts carried thereby in the assembled Y "relation illustrated i'n'Figs. 2 and 3. When the parts are thus assembled power may' loe-100- rel. Collar 23 is rigidly secured to 95 n continual a lcentral rotating beater, the eggs or other food being acted upon will have a tendency to move toward the center of the container during the beating operation. When heavier articles of food or other articles are to be;

mixed the mixingheads 41, 42 and 43 are used. It will be noted that the mixing heads 41 and 43 are each provided with a pointed section 44 and a finger section45. When the pointed' sections 44 are arranged, as own in Figure 5, the material will be urged toward the center where it isbeaten or thoroughly mixed by the head 42. In the drawing two forms of beaters or mixers have beenshown, but it will be evident that other forms of beaters and mixers` may be used, and in fact, many attachments could b e connected either to the socket 29 or to the members 18, 19 and 29. ln all forms of the invention the same idea is present of providing a portable electricallydriven structure `which is easily held and shifted from one position to theother by reason ofthe handle 8.

What I claim is sl. A beater of the character described, comprising an electric motor, a sleeve extending from saidmotor, a cup-shaped casing connected with said sleeve, a plate having an annular upstanding flange coacting with said .casing to produce an `enclosure, a shaft ex-4 tending through said casing and said plate, means for coupling saidshaft `with the driving part of said motor, a gear wheel rigidly secured t? said shaft, a plurality of pinions y meshing with said gear wheel, a ,stub Ashaft for each of said pinions, saidstub shafts beingrigidly connected with said casing, an internally-geared ring rigidly connected with said plate and continually meshing with said pinions, whereby when said mo-V tor is rotating the shaft coupled therewith will rotate in one direction, while said plate f will rotate in the Aopposite direction means for connecting a member to said shaft and a plurality of meansfor connecting other members rigidly to said plate.

2. A beater, including an ing member, an internally-toothed gear ring,

secured to said plate, a plurality of fixed gears meshing with said gear ring, and a drlving gear meshmg with said plurality of electrically l driven motor, a plurality of beating mein-A memgears, said driving gear being rigidly secured to said shaft.

3. In a beater of the character described, a plurality of beater members, an electric motor and means for connecting the electric mtor with the beaters, said means including a casing connected to the stationary part of the electric motor, a rotating plate fitting within the casing, a gear ring connected to said plate,

a plurality of pinions carried by said casing and 'continually meshing with said gear ring, a centrally-positioned gear meshing continually w'th said pinions, a shaft rigidly secured t said gear, and'means for coupling said shaft with the rotating part of said motor.x

Q4. In a device of the character described, an electric motor, a'sleeveiconnected with the stationary part of the electric motor, a casing rigidly secured to said sleeve, said casing having a top plate and an annular depending flange, a rotating plate formed with an upstanding. annular flange fitting within the flange of said casing, said plate having a pair of hollow boxes acting as socket members for receiving beating and stirring members, a

`gear ring secured to said plate 'within the upstanding flange thereof, a plurality of pinions coacting with said gear ring forming a planetary system for rotating said plate, a driving gearV meshing with all of saidpinions, said pinions being rotatably mounted lon said casing, a shaft extending throughd said plate and rigidly secured to said driving gear for transmitting power thereto, means carried at one end of said shaft for supporting a beater member, and means coacting with the opposite end acting as a coupler for coupling the shaft withthe rotating part of said motor.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 14th day of February, A. D. 1930.

GEORGE SCIIILEICl-IER.o 

